Downgrading rack to lower resolution
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So, Reason 12 gives me a lot of hang-ups whenever I am playing around in the rack. In fact, when I add a single Europa, my RAM usage jumps by 20%. This makes Reason12 a laggy, slow, tedious thing. I have a sinking feeling that it has to do with the HD graphics I have installed for the rack items. So, now my question: Does anyone know of a way to revert back to the low-res rack? I was thinking that maybe reinstalling R12 might do the trick, but as long as the folder containing the hi-res items remains, I believe that reinstallation won't be the fix I'm looking for. Any help whatsoever, or any ideas on how to do what I'm trying to do would be fantastic! I've attached a couple of pics for reference. One is my Audio preferences (obviously) and the second is of my RAM usage while having just one instance of Europa open and NOT playing anything at all, just being in the rack.
Thanks to everyone!
Thanks to everyone!
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I'm sticking with R11 for a while yet, but there does appear to be a few more positive comments since the last update and I think the fact that RS acknowledged the performance issues and are prioritising it is a good sign but I'm definitely not upgrading until the whole package is fixed.
I hade to agree I really dislike the “hq” look and would love to be able to turn it off!
I have not upgraded and one big reason is because of the new grafic for me it looks blurry and less crisp (!!!) compared to reason 11. It is a joke!
While the graphics visualisation in 12 being blurry in comparison is certainly an issue I rarely work at that resoultion anymore anyway because zooming in is just much more comfortable looking at and working with here.
I work at 100% zoom and I don’t like to zoom because I like to have the overview of the rack. If I zoom in it ruins my workflow. My screen and eyesight is good enough to work at that zoom.
The 100% zoom looks a lot worse in 12 compared to 11. I’m not upgrading until 100% zoom looks at least similar.
I was more like talking about comfortability. Having for example Dub Preamp here in greater size makes it feel much more hardwarelike and thus even more fun to work with because it´s BIIIIIIIIIIIG Like alreay mentioned in another thread, with zoom I can lean back on the sofa and tweak relaxingly, something I really enjoy after having setup the basic configuration. Being able to lean back detaches from the computer aswell as the distance is greater and allows more of the environment to be perceived simultaneously.
100% aswell simply feels a lot more fiddly. I can work that way aswell in prioir versions and yes not so well in 12 (yet still possible) because of that blurriness.
Then it´s already a much better if you work at 110% or 120%, not taking that much away from the screen, saying I would at least guess it shouldn´t be too different even overview/workflowwise at that level, yet readability is.
And of course, it would be a lot handier if there was the possibility to zoom in/out with keyboard shortcuts or even mousewheel. Could aswell be "Ctrl + Numbers".
EDIT: In addition indivdual zoomlevels for sections would naturally be a pleasant in that regard.
100% aswell simply feels a lot more fiddly. I can work that way aswell in prioir versions and yes not so well in 12 (yet still possible) because of that blurriness.
Then it´s already a much better if you work at 110% or 120%, not taking that much away from the screen, saying I would at least guess it shouldn´t be too different even overview/workflowwise at that level, yet readability is.
And of course, it would be a lot handier if there was the possibility to zoom in/out with keyboard shortcuts or even mousewheel. Could aswell be "Ctrl + Numbers".
EDIT: In addition indivdual zoomlevels for sections would naturally be a pleasant in that regard.
nooomy wrote: ↑26 Nov 2021I work at 100% zoom and I don’t like to zoom because I like to have the overview of the rack. If I zoom in it ruins my workflow. My screen and eyesight is good enough to work at that zoom.
The 100% zoom looks a lot worse in 12 compared to 11. I’m not upgrading until 100% zoom looks at least similar.
I much prefer the look of R12 over R11 - maybe it's different for different OS/monitor resolutions, but it looks fantastic on an iMac to me.nooomy wrote: ↑26 Nov 2021I work at 100% zoom and I don’t like to zoom because I like to have the overview of the rack. If I zoom in it ruins my workflow. My screen and eyesight is good enough to work at that zoom.
The 100% zoom looks a lot worse in 12 compared to 11. I’m not upgrading until 100% zoom looks at least similar.
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Like shown already in the Reason 12 release thread at least on PC the devices are slightly blurry in comparison, saying I can relate to the 100% view issue.
selig wrote: ↑27 Nov 2021I much prefer the look of R12 over R11 - maybe it's different for different OS/monitor resolutions, but it looks fantastic on an iMac to me.nooomy wrote: ↑26 Nov 2021I work at 100% zoom and I don’t like to zoom because I like to have the overview of the rack. If I zoom in it ruins my workflow. My screen and eyesight is good enough to work at that zoom.
The 100% zoom looks a lot worse in 12 compared to 11. I’m not upgrading until 100% zoom looks at least similar.
Could somebody explain why the hi-res doesn't look pin sharp either on my laptop's built in 14 inch 16:9 1080p screen or my external 2k 34 inch Samsung curved monitor over HDMI? I am never sure if the display is hi-res despite being on R12 and having all my REs and R12 fully up to date.
Huawei Mate book D14, Ryzen 3500U, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVME m.2, NI Komplete Audio 1, Reason 12 w/11 Suite add ons, Renoise Redux & Synthmaster 2.9.9. All work fine for me so far.
You aren't running high enough a resolution. 1080p is just 1920x1080 - i.e. standard resolution.BriocheBaps wrote: ↑29 Nov 2021Could somebody explain why the hi-res doesn't look pin sharp either on my laptop's built in 14 inch 16:9 1080p screen or my external 2k 34 inch Samsung curved monitor over HDMI? I am never sure if the display is hi-res despite being on R12 and having all my REs and R12 fully up to date.
2K isn't really high enough resolution either, it's simply 2048×1080 which isn't enough to run @2x assets for your desktop as you'll end up with a theoretic resolution of only 1024x540!
The new Reason 12 100% standard resolution assets aren't quite as good as the old ones from Reason 11 and earlier, as they've all been redrawn for R12 but don't look as sharp at standard resolutions.
The only way to use Reason 12 and get the benefits of the new graphics is to run it on a monitor that supports twice the resolution you actually want i.e. for the equivalent of 1920x1080 you need 3840x2160 - which is a 4K monitor. This allows for HiDPI and getting twice as much pixel depth. Reason 12 now has the super sized graphics assets to cram into that many pixels without having to upscale anything and become pixellated in the process (as was the complaint for the older versions of Reason).
Hope that helps.
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